TMI but why am I having major bathroom issues now that I’m eating healthy????

In addition to everything that the others have said, you might be eating more food (but less calories) than you were before, and perhaps this is also upsetting your system. Since you are used to eating junkfood, which tends to take up less space but is calorie dense, the body may be challenged at first.

I usually ate healthy but when I was at my highest weight, I was packing in probably 3000 calories a day. I did also eat some sweets which were calorie dense. But still it was too much food for my digestive system--I had terrible digestion, all kinds of stomach and intestinal issues. (including diarrhea sometimes). When I cut back my calories when I started to lose weight, ALL of those issues disappeared once I lost about 20 lbs. (about 3 months). Just a few times since then I've overeaten (by volume) I have had a digestive symptom--now I know that I ate too much.

Back to you--it may be the intestinal flora,etc. but could also be you are eating more volume with the healthy food. You will have to see if your body adjusts to the different diet soon, and if not perhaps, cut back on the volume (but not the calories). Vegetables in particular have very few calories but if I eat 10 brussel sprouts or a pound of brocolli I'm going to have an upset stomach. Meanwhile 3-4 brussel sprouts and a couple of brocoli spears will not bother me.

kimny72 wrote: »

2O19isMyYear wrote: »

Ugh. I feel like I had less gut issues when I WASNT eating healthy. So discouraging. I hope it doesn’t last because this is a lifestyle change I can’t deal with 😐

Your not having gut issues, your constipated. If your new diet is much higher in either fiber, protein, or fat you might want to back off that category a little bit and slowly work up to how much you intend to consume, as they all can cause discomfort when your body isn't used to digesting them.

I think you've made an unwarranted assumption here. OP says she's been in and out of the bathroom all day. I suppose those could be unproductive visits, or visits caused by taking a laxative, but since there's no mention of either, a more reasonable assumption is diarrhea.

Never mind, I see someone else made the same point.

But. Drastic diet changes can effect gut processing. Usually I eat really well, so 2 days of restaurant foods will send me to the bathroom for a full clean out.

Yep. I have the same exact reaction. It happens when I eat a lot of vegetables and drink a lot of water. I found that adding popcorn and oats or psyllium husk helps a lot. I tried to find an explanation for it online and couldn't find one. Based on what I read about fibers there are 2 kinds. I think I ate too much of one kind but not the other. Once I got them balanced I feel better. I'm not sure if that's the reason for the frequent bathroom breaks but it did work for me. Hope that can help u too.

2O19isMyYear wrote: »

Definitely not constipated. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this.

Sure, it is very common for this to happen with sudden increases in fiber.

2O19isMyYear wrote: »

Looking at my diary from the last week, I’ve had 14-19g of fiber a day.. which is way below the goal of 25g mfp chose for me.

Do you happen to know what your fiber was before this change? Or were you not logging then?

Could be drastic change in your diet...that said, for myself the biggest issue was bloating from more fiber and going from once a day to 2 or 3 times per day...but not diarrhea.

I actually think it's more likely to be coincidence and you have a stomach bug. I had a bad stomach bug from Christmas day until New Years Eve, and it's been going around here.

Are you now eating any kind of sugar free candy? Chewing a lot of sugar free gum? Anything with sugar alcohol like xylitol or sorbitol?

If so, THAT IS WHY.